Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume 38, Issue 3 , Pages 203-211 , April 2010

A review of computer-based alcohol problem services designedfor the general public

  • Michael L. Vernon, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAlcohol Research Group, Public Health Institute, 6475 Christie Avenue, Suite 400, Emeryville, CA 94608-1010, USA.

Received 24 August 2009 ,Revised 19 October 2009 ,Accepted 8 November 2009.

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 Declarations of interest: None.

PII: S0740-5472(09)00184-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2009.11.001

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume 38, Issue 3 , Pages 203-211 , April 2010

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